Grease shield for hats and like headwear



E. CHETHAM.

GREASE SHiELD FOR HATS AND LIKE HEADWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. i921.

Fat-6 6; 0st 31,

Patented @cto El, 1922,

EDWARD GHETHAM, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GREASE SHIELD FOE HATS AND LIKE HEADWEAR.

Application filed. June 14:,

T 0 aZZw 7mm it may concern Be it known that I, ED\VARD GHETHAM, asubject of the King or Great Britain and Irelanch and a resident of:London, county of London, England, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Grease Shields for Hats and like Headwear, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to grease-shields for hats and like head wear,and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device whichis easily affixed to a hat or the like and which will effectuallyprevent the grease from the hair of the head penetrating and disfiguringthe material of the hat at parts where the hat or the like touches thehead.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is an elevation and edge View.

Figure 2 is a plan View of same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view; and,

Figure 4 is a plan View or a blank of a modification.

In carrying this invention into etfect, the shield comprises acrown-piece a of celluloid or other suitable flexible grease-proofmaterial, of an oval or other elongated form adapted to rest inside thehat against the crown thereof, and having midway of its length upon eachsidestrips b and 0 respectively, extending at right angles thereto, of

1921. Serial H0. 477,471.

a sufiicient length to follow the curvature of the side of the hat andextend into the ordinary leather or like sweat-band of the hat wherethey serve to hold the crown-piece aforesaid securely in a centralposition in the crown of the hat.

The ends of the strips are preferably pertorated with one or moretransverse lines of perforations (Z and may be shortened by tearing elfthe desired line of perforations to accommodate the device to difierentsizes of hats.

In combination with the above device a band or strip of celluloid orlike flexible grease-proof material may be worn inside the ordinaryleather or like sweat-band, and thus will be provided a completegreaseproo'f device for hats and the like.

Ur, as a modification such a band 6 may be combined with the deviceabove described, in which case the blank would be as illustrated inFigure 4.

I claim Grease-shield for head wear comprising a crown-piece, flexiblelegs and a right-angular extension to one leg to form a band to lieinside the usual sweat-band ot the hat substantiall as described.

In testimony whereof l: have a'iiixed my signature hereto this th day ofMay 192l.

EDi VARD CHETHAIVL

